News tagged with 'earthquake'. Found 192 tagged news.

Quake shakes California

Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 days ago

An earthquake shook the California coast when it erupted out to sea early Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The 5.8 magnitude quake, hit at 5:42 am (1342 GMT) some 221 kilometers (138 miles) west of Petrolia, California and 481 kilometers (299 miles)...

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Strong earthquake hits Sumatra, Indonesia

Jakarta :: Indonesia | 3 days ago

An earthquake with magnitude of 5.9 rocked waters off Bengkulu province in Sumatra Island of Indonesia on Friday, but no report of damage or casualty, meteorology agency said here.     The quake epicenter was at 141 kilometers south south-west of Bengkulu...

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China speeds up quake zone reconstruction with another 20b yuan

Beijing :: China | 5 days ago

The Chinese Ministry of Finance said Wednesday it had earmarked 20 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion) from the 2009 central budget for reconstruction in regions devastated by the May 12 earthquake in southwest China. The fund was allocated to quake regions...

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Southern Iran hit by quake

Auckland :: New Zealand | 6 days ago

Quake - Fars An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale shook the suburbs of Nodan in the southern province of Fars Wednesday morning. The seismological base of Shiraz, affiliated to Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the tremor...

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Russian quake felt in California

Manila :: Philippines | 7 days ago

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Russia's Sea of Okhotsk caused seismographs in California to misinterpret the data as indicating temblors in the southern and central portions of the state, according to the U.S. The quake, with an epicenter about 1,260 miles...

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Turkey provides 120 container homes

Quetta :: Pakistan | 8 days ago

These shelter homes are quake proof and according to weather condition meant for 120 families. Turkish experts also reached the area for the installation of these shelter homes. Each home consists of 4 bed rooms, kitchen, wash room and a store. Speaking...

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PAKISTAN: Nearly all schools in Ziarat town destroyed by recent quake

Quetta :: Pakistan | 8 days ago

School buildings were among the structures worst affected by the 6.4 earthquake that hit the town of Ziarat, Balochistan Province, and surrounding areas in October 2008. Balochistan Education Minister Shafiq Ahmed Khan said: "The earthquake destroyed...

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Indonesia hit by strong quake

Jakarta :: Indonesia | 9 days ago

The U.S. geological agency says a strong earthquake has struck waters off western Indonesia...Geological Survey put the preliminary magnitude of the quake at 6.8. It says the quake was centered 100 miles (164 kilometers) southwest of Bengkulu, a city...

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4.1-magnitude earthquake jolts central China county

Yichang :: China | 9 days ago

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Zigui County in central China's Hubei Province at 4:01 p.m. Saturday, the National Seismic Network reported. The epicenter is about 30 kilometers from the Three Gorges Dam, a leading water conservancy...

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Government warns of "catastrophic" U.S. quake

Kansas City :: MO :: USA | 10 days ago

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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – People in a vast seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that risk in mind, a government...

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